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Over the years I have learned how to cook budget-friendly meals. This used to be difficult for me. Growing up, my family cooked very large meals, enough to feed an entire brigade of soldiers. When I became an adult and was single, I didn’t have to cook at all if I did not want to. Now that I am married and have children, I am the person responsible for preparing most of the meals my family eats.

I have learned over time to make smaller meal portions. I have also learned how to cook budget-friendly meals. I don’t know about you, but in my culture we eat a lot of meat. Meat is the most expensive part of a meal. We make at least one or two pieces of meat per person, in a large family that can easily be 10 or more pieces of meat.

In order to save money, I began making more casseroles, soups, stew’s and pasta dishes. This way I can still make a meal that can feed my entire family without using a lot of meat. I have put a few links for budget-friendly meals for large families below. FYI these are not five-star gourmet dinners🍝 LOL, but they will help you get out of debt and further your financial goals.😉

There are plenty of recipes that can fit your financial budget and even help you excel. It’s as simple as making a few changes in the meals that you already eat. You can check out http://www.myfridgefood.com if you’re not sure what to make from the food you have in your refrigerator. This site lets you enter ingredients that you have and helps you put together a recipe with them. Google is my best friend when looking for easy, budget-friendly meals.

Food is used to provide nutrition for our bodies. The meals I make are not Food Network competition ready, but they are good and they do help my family get ahead financially and that’s what’s important to me.

I hope you get a few good tips and begin to research more ways to save a few dollars on your families meals.

Children should be taught how to be responsible. They learn from things they see. Often, if parents are financially irresponsible, the children will become financially irresponsible. If they are taught the value of money, and how to earn it, they will better understand the responsibility of having and keeping it.

Below, I have included a responsibility chart. It is a little different from a normal chore chart, this chart more so helps teach basic responsibility for children.

Teaching children to be responsible shows them that you not only care about their well-being now but you also care about their future. Giving a child chores provides the opportunity for them to learn what it takes to maintain a home. Below is a list of age-appropriate chores for children. I love this list because it helps me keep my kids on track with chores that they are capable of completing.

I’m a firm believer that teenagers should be employed. This is the last chance prior to adulthood that can help them understand the reality of the next step in their lives. Below is a list of companies that hire teenagers. This list varies from state to state and Country to Country, but it gives you a head start on helping your children find employment.

1. Old Navy – Age:16 (Online App)

2. StarBucks – Age:16 (Paper App)

3. Hollister – Age:17 (Online App)

4. KFC – Age: 16 (Paper App)

5. McDonalds – Age: 15 9months (Paper/Online app)

6. Taco Bell – Age: 16 (Paper App)

7. Boston Market: Age:15 (Online App)

8. Chick Fil A – Age:14 (Paper App)

9. Toys R Us – Age: 16 (Online App)

10. CVS – Age: 16 (Online)

11. Wendy’s- Age: 16 (Paper App)

12. Target – Age: 16 (Online App)

13. Shop-Rite – Age: 16 (Online App)

14. Subway- Age:16 (Paper App)

15. Stop & Shop – Age: 16 (Online)

16. Wegmans – Age:18 (Online)

17. Chipotle – Age: 16 (Online)

18. Popeye’s – Age: 16 (Paper App)

19. Quiznos – Age: 16 (Paper App)

20. Lil Cesar’s – Age:16 (Paper/Online app)

21. Sonic – Age: 16 (Paper App)

22. What-A-Burger: Age: 16/17/18 (Paper/Online app)

23.Arby’s – Age:15/16 (Paper App)

24. Denny’s – Age: 16 (Paper/Online app)

25.GAP- Age: 16 (Paper App)

26. Cold Stone Creamery – Age: 16 (Online app)

27. Office Max- Age: 16 (Paper/Online app)

28. Office Depot – Age: 16 (Paper/ Online app)

29.Petco – Age:16 (Paper/Online App)

30. AMC 24 – Age: 16 (Online App)

31. Regal Cinemas – Age:16 (Online App)

32. Yogurtland – Age:16 (Paper App)

33. Dairy Queen – Age: 15/16 (Paper App)

34. Carvel Ice Parlor-Age:16 (Paper/Online app)

35. Party City – Age: 16 (Paper App)

36. Sears – Age: 16 (Online app)

37. K-Mart – Age: 16 (Online App)

38. Chuck E. Cheese – Age: 16 (Online App)

39. Amce – Age:16 (Online App)

40. JcPennys – Age: 16 (Online App)

41. Red Robin’s – Age: 18 (Paper/Online app)

42. Rita’s – Age: 15 (Paper / Online App)

43. Lowe’s – Age:18 (Online App)

44. Red Lobster – Age: 16 (Online App)

45. Olive Garden – Age : 16 (Paper App)

46. Publix – age 14 (in-store app)

As parents today, our job is harder than ever. We have so many obstacles raising our children. With all the outside influences, it can be difficult to raise wholesome and responsible children. We have to do our best and show our children our best everyday. They are watching not only what we say, but what we do.